Reason you want to keep your record clean!

I was a CDL instructor for a few years and I always told my students that their record is all that matters. After a few months, maybe 6 if they keep it clean they can go just about anywhere - except to a eastern Europe owned company in Chicago

I personally have nearly 4 million safe miles, 2 million without a ticket. I can go anywhere I want. I bought my own truck going on 5 years ago, and never looked back.

 

Well congrats, OP. My three years clean driving almost doubled my wage in early 2007, increased it by 25% in 2010, and then who knows what the limit is at my current company that I started in 2015.

As for how to identify a good driver...in any situation where I'm in the passenger seat, I look for floating gears. Once we get started, I look at following distance. If I see a car doing something squirrelly and he lets off the accelerator, I know he has that weird psychic power that we come to possess eventually.

If those three things are in place, I could pretty much sleep like a baby.

 

The less ideal, the more skill.

 

Off topic obviously but I'd love to hear more from you and others that moved here from other countries. Curiosity I guess. What made you want to come here and what makes it better? Where were you from?

 

Drivers who remain spotless in less than ideal situations are good drivers.

 

You dropped something, mister.

 

Worked for a owner operator powered company.

At times they could be the most contrary and picky about the work on hand.

In comes a new guy 'Jack'; clean record. Had a heavy polish or mid eastern accent.

Every time he walked up to the window he said 'What do you have?" and take the load I offered with "Okie Dokie"; turned and walked away to do it.

6 months later he was number one earner and it didn't change how he worked.

 

It's too bad that cloning people is so far in the future. A few guys like that would sure cut down on the amount of Rolaids a dispatcher chews.

 

It’s almost like constantly rolling, especially on percentage, makes everyone money.